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U.IWNH.SOTA LlbRAHY ASSOCIATION
Fifty-first Annual Conference
Ruth M. Jedermann
cting Secretary-Treasurer, Minnesota Library Association
The (fifty-first Annual kjonference of the Minnesota Library Association was held at the Hotel Lowry in St. Paul £mm
October 5 to 7. In keeping with the policy of the American
Library Association to omit its annual convention during the
war, and because of adverse conditions, it was decided not to
hold a conference last year— but, after repeated requests for
one, and with an Office of Defense Transportation assurance
that to call a meeting was not unpatriotic, it seemed in keeping to hold this year, as usual, the annual fall (inference.
preceeding the formal opening of the conference, an informal reception was given for the delegatesfon Thursday even-
in^, October b. In the receiving line, in addition to the officers of the association, were the honor 6uests: the President
of the American Library Association, Mr. Carl Vitz, and Mrs.
Vitz; Miss Ferris Jones; Dr. and Mrs. Errett W. McDiarmid; and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank K. Walter. Under the general supervision
of the Hospitality Committee's chairman, Miss Helen Rugg, plans
for the reception had been turned over to Mrs. Marion Fudro and
her co-worker Miss Mildred Kragskow, who, assisted by other
members of the Junior Members' Round Table, helped to make the
reception a delightful and informal affair.

CD.
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iq Mq
U.IWNH.SOTA LlbRAHY ASSOCIATION
Fifty-first Annual Conference
Ruth M. Jedermann
cting Secretary-Treasurer, Minnesota Library Association
The (fifty-first Annual kjonference of the Minnesota Library Association was held at the Hotel Lowry in St. Paul £mm
October 5 to 7. In keeping with the policy of the American
Library Association to omit its annual convention during the
war, and because of adverse conditions, it was decided not to
hold a conference last year— but, after repeated requests for
one, and with an Office of Defense Transportation assurance
that to call a meeting was not unpatriotic, it seemed in keeping to hold this year, as usual, the annual fall (inference.
preceeding the formal opening of the conference, an informal reception was given for the delegatesfon Thursday even-
in^, October b. In the receiving line, in addition to the officers of the association, were the honor 6uests: the President
of the American Library Association, Mr. Carl Vitz, and Mrs.
Vitz; Miss Ferris Jones; Dr. and Mrs. Errett W. McDiarmid; and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank K. Walter. Under the general supervision
of the Hospitality Committee's chairman, Miss Helen Rugg, plans
for the reception had been turned over to Mrs. Marion Fudro and
her co-worker Miss Mildred Kragskow, who, assisted by other
members of the Junior Members' Round Table, helped to make the
reception a delightful and informal affair.